Role of Information Dissemination in Effective Disaster Management Information plays an important role in empowering the personnel involved in disaster management at various levels. The personnel who need information on disaster management range from- Health sector managers, Epidemiologists, Primary health care physicians, Nurses, Sanitary engineers, Academicians, Researchers, Disaster mitigation personnel, Social service organizations etc.

1. Information Dissemination
in Disaster Management

2. Information Dissemination
To disseminate information in the field
of disaster communication, means to
broadcast information or a message to
the public without direct feedback from
the audience.

3. Fig: 1: Process of Information Dissemination

4. Role of Information Dissemination in Effective
Disaster Management
Information plays an important role in empowering the personnel
involved in disaster management at various levels. The personnel
who need information on disaster management range from-
 Health sector managers,
 Epidemiologists,
 Primary health care physicians,
 Nurses,
 Sanitary engineers,
 Academicians,
 Researchers,
 Disaster mitigation personnel,
 Social service organizations etc.

5. A very important step in effective management of disasters is
bridging the information gap. Developing an efficient disaster
management information system is an important stage in
planning for disaster preparedness.
Proactive information
Following the dictum “prevention is better than cure”; people
should be empowered with information at the pre-disaster level
for disaster preparedness.
•Identification of zones which are prone to earthquakes,
floods etc., within which safer location for hospitals etc.
•Awareness regarding use of non- eco friendly materials
•Need for preservation of ecological balance (prevention of
the destruction of mangrove stretches)

6. Fig:2: Effective Information Dissemination

7. During a disaster
•Messaging
•Warning / alerting systems
•Help lines to contact
•Alert regarding health hazards
Post disaster
•Information on various rehabilitation activities
•Documentation of the details of the incident and the
mitigation undertaken
•Drawing future plans for prevention of disaster

8. Channels of Information Dissemination
Ways of information dissemination in ancient time
In ancient time, information was disseminated by-
•Shouting from high ground
•Blowing big conch shells
•House to house dissemination warnings
•Beating drums
•Fire & smoke signals
•Producing quick & fast noises etc

9. Ways of information dissemination in modern days
Information can be disseminating in a number of ways. Now
a day’s information is disseminating by using technology.
Some technology is noted below which are used for
disseminating information-
Internet
GIS and Remote Sensing
Disaster alert through cell phone
Satellite Radio Application
Television
Radio
Print media
International news agencies etc.

10. Role of Information Dissemination in
Disaster Mitigation
Flashing warning news
Disaster preparedness
Information on relief operations
Capacity building for reconstruction
Information dissemination for sustainable
development of community etc.

11. Women’s Participation in Disaster Related
Information Dissemination
Women have come out from the households to gain awareness
which they are actively spreading in the community.
They have become united which has given a solid base for any
CBDP activities to be disseminated.
Some collaborative spaces have been created, such as task force
and meetings.

12. Muslim women who remain confined to the household
are now taking active interests in the activity of the task
force.
The dependence of women on men folk for their survival
has reduced.
Women can disseminate disaster related information by
focus group discussion.
They can raise the knowledge level about disaster related
information by gossiping.
Trained women can easily train other women on disaster
preparedness, mitigation, response & recovery etc

13. Fig: 4: Information Dissemination by Focus Group Discussion

14. Fig: 5: Disaster Management Institutions in Bangladesh

15. WHAT IS COMMUNICATION?
Communication is simply the act of transferring
information from one place to another. Although this
is a simple definition, when we think about how we
may communicate the subject becomes a lot more
complex. There are various categories of
communication and more than one may occur at any
time.

16. THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS

17. SIX CAUSES OF MISCOMMUNICATION
 1. Misaligned Vocabularies
 2. Messy Thinking
 3. Faulty Definitions
 4. False Civility
 5. Sloppy Language Habits
 6. Government-Speak and Legalese

18. FACTORS OF LACKING COMMUNICATION
• 1. Being busy with life
 2. Lack of love
 3. Words vs. actions
 4. Arguments
 5. Fear of getting upset
 6. Differences in the beginning of a
relationship

19. LACKING OF CO-ORDINATION
 Delay
 Inflexibility
 Lost Data
 Duplicatin

20. COMMON BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION
 Cultural differences
 Emotional barriers and taboos
 Lack of attention, interest, distractions, or
irrelevance to the receiver
 Differences in perception and viewpoint difficulties.
 Physical barriers to non-verbal communication
 Language differences and the difficulty in
understanding unfamiliar accents.
 Expectations and prejudices which may lead to false
assumptions or stereotyping
 The use of jargon

21. COMMON BARRIERS
 Attitudinal Barriers
 Physiological
Barriers
 Systematic Barriers
 Psychological
Barriers

22. COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT
Communications management is the systematic planning,
implementing, monitoring, and revision of all the channels of
communication within an organization, and between
organizations; it also includes the organization and
dissemination of new communication directives connected with
an organization, network, or communication technology
*Oral Communication Skills
*Constructive Feedback
*Active Listening